In a move toward greater inclusion, the freshly finalized set of 2019 emoji addresses people with physical disabilities, covering mechanical arms and legs, sign language and hearing aids, and even the difference between manual and motorized wheelchairs. The Unicode Consortium evidently heeded Apple’s proposal last year to better represent people with disabilities, and the new Unicode Emoji 12.0 additions announced today reflect that desire to the fullest. There’s also greater inclusiveness in terms of skin tones and relationship types, as a bunch of new variants of the “people holding hands” emoji expand the combinations of genders and races.
Besides humans, the new emoji also broaden the range of…
Written by Vlad Savov
This news first appeared on https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18212522/emoji-12-unicode-release-2019 under the title “2019’s new emoji include mechanical arms, hearing aids, wheelchairs, and orangutans”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
